Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-03-10
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Kansas Legisl sthte:

VIC A1OuSC ACmptTduCC Dui. huOWu DIS TIC MuI
ray bill, with some amendments, by vote Of q
to 4, the negative votes been Messrs. Hewina
Lowe, Shean and Sheldon. The only bill fatre
daced was one by the Ways and Means Commit
See for the appropriation OF 4162, 99S for public
printing. and at noon the Senate adjourned until
Monday =. In the Honse the attempt to appoint
committee to revise the calendar was again
voted down. The Grand jury bill passed. Al
the afternoon session large humber of local
bills passed and the House adjourned ultll
Monday.
No bills were introduced in the Senate on
the 2Sth and after wrangling for long while over
the advancement of local bills on the calendar
to third reading the Senate went into Commit
tee Of the Whole at II 20 and remained therein
during the day. large number of bills were
disposed of and generally with favorable recon.
mendations -. In the House Mr.. Yorls's bill
amending the act extending the time of pay.
ment OF securities of the general school fund
passed. Business of the morning session was
mostly routine. At the afternoon session the
bill repeating the act permitting railroads I'd
collect extra fare where tickets are not pur-
chased failed to pass but will be reconsidered.
Among the bills passed were: Amending the
law in regard to common schools, and a number
OF the appropriation bills. Mr.. Bolman's bill to
pay members OF the Topeka constitutional con
vention in 1856 was lost. The House adjourned
at six p. IN.
THE Senate passed many bills on March
l; among them an act making townships liable
for defects in bridges and culverts to prohibit
the use OF intoxicating liquors at the polls; re.
latinS to the protection of cattle against Texas
fever and other diseases: to encourage the
manufacture Of sugar; prohibiting the giving or
furnishing OF tobacco in any form to minors un
der sixteen years Of age, and grist of local
bills. -. In the House the Senate amendments
to the Murray Temperance bill were agreed to.
An act to provide for the uniformity Of valua-
ton in the assessment of property for taxation
was passed. This bill provides for some marked
changes in the system that now obtains. At
the afternoon session a large number Of bills
passed. many of them of a local character.
Among the bills passed were: To prohibit grain
dealers, partnerships, companies, corporations
or associations from combining or entering into
any agreement or contract to pool or fix the
price to be paid for grain, hogs, cattle or stock
of any kind; an act to prevent gambling under
the guise OF trading in stocks, bonds petroleum,
cotton, grain, provisions or other commodities
providing for the posting of bulletin-boards in
their stations by railroad corporations At the
evening session the bill to prevent person
holding Office or appointment under the United
States from holding State or county Office in
Kansas was passed; also Senate bill in relation
to railway corporations; also House bill for the
relief of destitute soldiers, their wives, widows
and children; also an act in relation to pension
money in certain cases.
In the Senate on the I'd the bill amending
the statutes relating to cities of the first class
passed. also the bill amending the law in regard
to pharmacists also the bill to punish false pre-
lenses in the obtaining the registering of
cattle, ETC., and to punish the giving Of false
pedigrees. In executive session the Senate re-
rejected w. j. Lee for Insurance Commissioner
and DR.. HOlcomb Veterinary Surgeon. and con-
hrmed Jacob StOtler as member of the State
Board Of Charities :. In the House q confer
ence was appointed upon the Senate amendl
ments to the Murray Temperance bill. The bill
making appropriations for the State depart
ments was then discussed until recess and again
at the afternoon session and after amendment
passed. A number of appropriation bills also
passed providing for current expenses of State
institutions. The bill approprlating $4,000 to
purchase lands for the Insane Asylum at Topeka
was indefinitely postponed.
THE day in the Senate on the Sd was de-
voted to passing bills. Among the bills passed
were: To provide for the assessment and collec-
ton OF taxes; in relation to the annual meetings
of school districts; to prevent and punish frauds
at-elections. and many local bills. In the House
the Grand Jury bill brought out quite debate,
but finally passed by q vote of 81 to 81. The bill
The bill to encourage silk culture also passed.
Among other bills passed were: Ratifying the
purchase OF site for Haskell Institute; to pro-
hibit and punish gambling; to prohibit the use
of liquor at the polls, and number Of local
bills. The committee appointed to investigate
certain charges Of bribery in the Jones Myton
contest reported that ''from all evidence adj
duced the charges Of bribery against Represent
atives Potter and Bottortf are not sustained and
n FIJI ind That 6r,nf Of NJ 4
Burnhani, clerk Of the Committee on Elections,
in connection with such charges, deserves the
censure Of this House." Adjourned
THE Senate on the 4th devoted the day to
passing bills, among them lot Of local bills,
and the following: To establish the Office Of
Commissioner Of Forestry and encourage the
growing Of forest trees; to prevent gambling
under the guise of trading in stocks, bonds,
grain or other commodities; to prohibit grain
dealers and others from combining or pooling
to fix prices: submitting constitutional amend.
ment to strike out the word white: relating
to the organization Of new counties; concerning
mortgages; to provide for the suspension or re-
mOval OF county, township and city officers, for
neglect or failure to perform any duty imposed
by law; to recreate the counties of Buffalo,
Gray, ArapahOe, Grant, Stanton and Kearney,
and to define the boundaries Of Hamilton, Fin.
ney, Lane, Hodgeman and Ford Counties . In
Vic uousS Vic JolHL resOlutlOu providing IOr
commission to award the Price raid clans and
make a report thereof to the next session of the
Legislature was finally passed. In the after
noon number Of bills passed. Among them the
Senate bill relating to railroad crossings; au.
thorizing county treasurers in counties of 10000
Inhabitants and over to deposit public money in
bank. The Quantrell Raid bill appropriating
S361 900 to pay the Quantrell raid claims was
passed by vote of 20 to 30. Adjourned.